Hanger for light-transmitting bowls.



J. T. 8088 & W. E. JEROME.

HANGER FUR LIGHT TRANSMITTING BOWLS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14. 1912.

1,245,629 Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

in nus ni'o cs 1 i4 ti era JAMES T. ROBE, 0F BAY SHORE, AND WILLIAM E,JEROME, 0F ROCKVILLE CENTER, NEW YORK.

HANGER FOB- LIGHT-TRANSMITTING BOWLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 0015.30, 1917..

Application filed Apr-i114, 1917. Serial No. 161,965.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMns T. Bone, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Bay Shore, in the county of Suffolk and State ofNew York, and WILLIAM E. JEROME, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rockville Center, in the county of Nassau and State of NewYork, have jointly invented an Improvement in Hangers forLight-Transmitting Bowls, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to devices for suspending light transmitting bowlsin lighting fixtures, particularly of the character for producingsemi-indirect lighting effects. The hangers heretofore usually employedfor such purpose have been made mostly of cast metal which presents ahard and unyielding contact with the glassware which very often breaksthe bowl, and in most instances a set screw is required to clamp suchhangers to the bowl, which increases the liability of injury to theglassware, particularly if adjusted too tightly.

The object of our present invention is to provide a hanger bent to shapefrom a single piece of resilient material which clamps itself to thebowl without rigid pressure against the glassware and avoids entirelythe necessity for a clamping screw, and whereby there is a large savingin material and cost of manufacture, and the risk of injury to theglassware overcome.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 illustrates by plan view the strip of sheet metal from whichour invention in its preferred form is cut.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the preferred form after it has been bentto shape for use. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same.

Fig. 4 is a view of the same attached to a bowl, the latter being shownin section.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing a modification, and

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the same.

Similar reference characters indicate like parts throughout the severalviews.

10, (Fig. 1), indicates an elongated fiat metallic strip from which ourinvention in its preferred form is made.

Two spaced apertures 11 are made in the strip 10, at predeterminedpoints.

One end of the strip is bent downwardly.

at right angles on the dotted line a, and an upward right angled bend ismade on the dotted line 5 which forms the vertical portion 12, andhorizontal portion 13 of the hanger. At a point midway between the twoapertures 11, indicated by the dotted line 0, the strip 10 is foldedover upon itself bringing the respective apertures 11 in perfectalinement and forming the vertical car 14.

Right angled bends made on the dotted lines (Z, c, 7, form thehorizontal portion 15, vertical portion 16, and inturned horizontalportion 17 parallel with and spaced from the horizontal portion 15.

18, indicates the bowl to which our improved hanger is applied, and 19,indicates a suspending chain, the hook-shaped lower link of which isconnected to the hanger by passing the hook 20 through the apertures 11in the ear 14. It is of course understood that three or more of thesehangers suitably spaced are employed in suspending a bowl.

In placing the hanger upon the bowl, the inturned portion 17 is pushedunder the flanged rim of the bowl, and the vertical portion 12 of thehanger is sprung over the rim and down against the inner surface of thebowl whereby the hanger is securely clamped upon the bowl, there beingsufiicient spring in the looped ear 14: to accomplish this object withgreat facility.

While we prefer to make our improved hanger out of a single piece ofsheet metal as above described, it will readily be seen that withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention it may be bent to shape froma single piece of wire 21, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the ear or eye 22to receive the hook of the suspending chain being formed by twisting thewire as shown in said Figs. 5 and 6.

Our improved hanger can be much more readily and quickly attached to abowl or removed therefrom than where a clamping screw is necessary; itscontact with the glass ware is not rigid and therefore the risk ofinjury to the bowl is avoided, and the cost of manufacture is greatlylessened.

We claim as our invention:

A hanger for bowls in lighting fixtures, comprising a single flat stripof metal folded closely upon itself at or about its center for end beingsimilarly bent for a less distance a predetermined distance, then benthorivided with registering openings to receive a zontally in oppositedirections, one end, bechain hook. 119 ing bent downwardly at rightangles to bear Signed by us this 10th day of April, 1917. against theinner surface of a bowl, the other JAMES T ROBE and then turned inwardlyat right angles WELLIAM JEROME forming a clip to fit over the flange ofthe lVitness: bowl, said closely folded portion being pro- G. A. DEVINE;

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